• Support national management of the Cambodian Elephant Conservation Group (CECG) to improve project sustainability by continuing to develop the skills of the staff, with the aim of increasing the effectiveness and sustainability of the activities. The newly established databases will be used to better provide adaptive management to all staff, increasing their ability to use tried and tested methods nationwide.


• Begin business planning with farmers growing alternative “elephant-friendly” crops by examining market options for different types of crops working towards sustainability of various harvests, particularly considering the need for affected farmers to grow crops that elephants find unpalatable.

Results of this project will include protection of forest in targeted locations, improved crop yields, increased capacity of CECG staff for implementing conservation activities, improved social cohesion of guarding groups of local villagers near to elephant areas, reduction in poverty whilst improving local attitudes to conservation, and people and wildlife living peacefully with each other despite occasional inconveniences on both sides.